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Hypergeometric1F1




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Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > Hypergeometric1F1[a,b,z] > Continued fraction representations





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Input Form





Hypergeometric1F1[a, b, z] == 1 + (a (z/b))/(1 + -(((1 + a) z)/(2 (1 + b)))/(1 + ((1 + a) z)/(2 (1 + b)) - ((2 + a) z)/(3 (2 + b))/(1 + ((2 + a) z)/(3 (2 + b)) - ((3 + a) z)/(4 (3 + b))/(1 + ((3 + a) z)/(4 (3 + b)) - ((4 + a) z)/(5 (4 + b))/(1 + ((4 + a) z)/(5 (4 + b)) + \[Ellipsis])))))








Standard Form





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Rule Form





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